Side-scrap deflector



Pl' 174, 1931. F.v nus'rAN ET Al.. 1,3005443 S IDE SCRAP DEFLECTOR Filed NOV. 2, 1929 f fwd/uffa? #M6 Patented Apr. 14, 1931 UNITED sTA-T'Es PATENT OFFICE FRANK DUSTAN AND HARR' W. CROSS, OF WILKINSBURG, INNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TO MANNING, MAXWELL & MOORE, INC., 0F YORK,I'N. Y., A CORPORATION OIF- NEW JERSEY SIDE-SCRAP DEFLECTOR Application led November 2, 1929. Serial No. 404,460.

to provide eiiicient means for insuring theV detachment and removal of the side scrap from the upper roll of a pair of delivery rolls, and at the same time guide the side 0 scrap downwardly into proper position for chopping it u-p into small pieces; and to rovide yielding means for holdingv a b ade up against the lower side of the u per delivery roll so that it will be effective or the pur- 5 pose above described'.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanyin drawings in which 0 ig. 1 is a side 'elevation of the twol delivery rolls of a rotary machine for trimming the side edges of a sheet or pack of metal, showing a preferred form of this invention applied thereto; y. v

5 Fig. 2 is a plan of the same; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on enlarged scale of the spring-pressed scraper.

This lnvention is designed to be applied to a machine having a pair of delivery rolls 04 10 which deliver the sheet or pack of metal and its -side scrap 11. lThe rolls feed the sheet or pack of metal out'on a table .19, in a horizontal direction. .The side scrap 11 is acted on by a scra. er 12 and delivered down i to a. cutting bla e 13 where the scrap is cho ped up into small pieces by another bla e or blades 14 cooperating with the blade 13.

1 The hardened steel cover lates .ordinarily employed on the cutter hea s form effective sidel guides for the scrap. On the chopper housings are 'studs' 17 arranged with their axes parallel with the axes of the .delivery ,rollers 10, and to these studs are hinged arms i 18 which carry at `their ends thescrapers 12. Theseirhave been described in the plural' because one is used on each vside of the machine, but only one is shown herein. On the housi rests a spring 2O ocated a recess 21` in the serves as a table to receive theV scra is a bracket l16 on `which 'out departing bottom of the pivoted arm 18. A screw l22 extends through this arm and receives pressure from the spring. This screw can be adjusted to regulate the amount of pressure,

' and it will be obvious that as the bracket 16 is stationary and the spring presses the pvoted arm 18 upwardly, the scraper will press with whatever degree of force is desired against the lower, delivery, side of the upper delivery roll 10. This scraper serves the purpose of preventing any of the scrap, either in small or large pieces, from being carried v around the upper roll and causing it all to be sepaated therefrom and delivered downwar i Any small pieces of scrap falling from the upper roll will fall on a stationary scraper 23 whlch engages the lower roll on the upper or delivery side, and also this scraper will loosen any sera if any should come around on itv and4 ten to pass around the roll. This scraper 23 ism'ounted on a stationary member'24 which carries the blade 13.

The scrap 11 deflected by the scraper 12in its ordinary .passage through the machine will be guided or bent around so as to rest on the surface of the blade 13 which is arranged at an inclination, practically tangent to the lower roll 10, and therefore 1ts upper surface The scrap passes out over the ed e of thls blade and is cut oil in small lengths y the blade 14. The scrap .is properly defiected so that it will come in 'proper position for cutting ofi', and the parts constituting the means for accomplishing this are of simple and strong construction and all lclasses of side scrap arc unfailingly guided into the chopper. Moreover, no scrap or scale lof any consequence can pass' the two blades 12 and 23 and go around theprolls. The scraper 12 isheld up agalnst the upper roll with 'an adjustable de- 1gee of elasticity so that it will perform its nction and the roll.

Although wehave illustratedand described. only. a smile form of the invention, we are awar'eof t e fact that chan es can be made therein by any gorson skill in the art withm the scope of the invenlll ` against the upper delivery roll.

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tion as expressed in the claims. Therefore we do not wish to be limited to the exact form shown, but what we do claim is 1. In a sera deiiector, the combination with a pair of elivery rolls and a horizontal table on which the sheets 0r packs are delivered from the delivery rolls of a scraper at one end of the pair of rolls for enga ing the scrap and deecting it downwardlIy from said table at the side thereof, and yielding means for pushing. said scraper upwardly 2. In a scrap deecting device, the combination with a pair of delivery rolls, of a scraper at the end of the rolls engaging the delivery side of one of the rolls located at an angle to the normal direction of movement of the scrap for bending the scrap out of a straight path, a pivoted arm onwhich the scraper is mounted, and yielding means for pressing said arm in a direction to cause the scraper to bear with a yielding pressure on the delivery roll.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto af- FRANK DUSTAN. HARRY W. CROSS. 

